Students for 60,000
Encyclopedia
Students for 60,000 is a Northport High School
club founded in 1987 that is dedicated to providing aid, care, and support for the needy locally, nationally, and internationally. It was named for the 60,000 homeless of New York City
at the time of the club's founding. Club members participate in a myriad of activities, including fund raisers, local community service and outreach projects, and the Nicaragua project, which involves two trips a year to Nicaragua
to aide its people.
, there are 13 schools, and each one also has a "comedor," or dining room. In these dining rooms every student who goes to school receives a meal. Nicaragua is the second poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, and having the ability to give at least one meal a day to their children is a huge incentive to send kids to school. For this reason, tens of thousands of dollars have been spent every year on this project.
Northport High School
Northport High School is a four-year secondary school in Northport, New York that serves as the high school for the Northport-East Northport Union Free School District which is composed of Northport, Eatons Neck, Asharoken and much of East Northport, all located in the Town of Huntington...
club founded in 1987 that is dedicated to providing aid, care, and support for the needy locally, nationally, and internationally. It was named for the 60,000 homeless of New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
at the time of the club's founding. Club members participate in a myriad of activities, including fund raisers, local community service and outreach projects, and the Nicaragua project, which involves two trips a year to Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
to aide its people.
Comedor Escolar Project
The "Comedor Escolar Project" started by the Students for 60,000 helps to provide meals to students in Nicaragua. In ChacrasecaChacraseca
Chacraseca is a town in Nicaragua. There are about 8,000 people who live in the town, and over the past 18 years, the people in the town have been receiving aid from several groups in the United States...
, there are 13 schools, and each one also has a "comedor," or dining room. In these dining rooms every student who goes to school receives a meal. Nicaragua is the second poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, and having the ability to give at least one meal a day to their children is a huge incentive to send kids to school. For this reason, tens of thousands of dollars have been spent every year on this project.